London Assembly election, 2000

London Assembly election, 2000

4 May 2000

25 London Assembly Seats   First party Second party   Leader William Hague Tony Blair Party Conservative Labour Total Seats 9 9 Constituency Seats 8 6 Additional Member Seats 1 3   Third party Fourth party   Leader Charles Kennedy Mike Woodin Party Liberal Democrat Green Total Seats 4 3 Constituency Seats 0 0 Additional Member Seats 4 3

The first elections for members of the London Assembly were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election.

The assembly elections used the Mixed member proportional representation, a form of Additional member system, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.

Constituency (First-Past-the-Post) results

Results by constituency in 2000

Party		Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
	Conservative	526,422	8	N/A	33.2
	Labour	501,296	6	N/A	31.6
	Liberal Democrat	299,998	0	N/A	18.9
	Green	162,457	0	N/A	10.2
	London Socialist	46,530	0	N/A	2.9
	Independent	31,195	0	N/A	1.9
	Havering Residents Association	12,831	0	N/A	0.8
	UKIP	2,115	0	N/A	0.1
	Humanist	1,261	0	N/A	0.1
	Reform 2000	1,144	0	N/A	0.1
	Communist League	536	0	N/A	0.0

Top up (Additional Member System) results

Party		Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
	Labour	502,874	3	N/A	30.3
	Conservative	481,053	1	N/A	29.0
	Liberal Democrat	245,555	4	N/A	14.8
	Green	183,910	3	N/A	11.1
	Christian Peoples	55,192	0	N/A	3.3
	BNP	47,670	0	N/A	2.8
	UKIP	34,054	0	N/A	2.0
	London Socialist	27,073	0	N/A	1.6
	Independent Peter Tatchell	22,862	0	N/A	1.4
	Campaign Against Tube Privatisation	17,401	0	N/A	1.0
	Socialist Labour	13,690	0	N/A	0.8
	Pro-Motorist Small Shop	13,248	0	N/A	0.8
	Natural Law	7,559	0	N/A	0.5
	Communist	7,489	0	N/A	0.4

Overall turnout: 32.6%

Overall total votes: 5,089,300

London-wide lists

London Assembly Election 2000 — London-wide lists
	Name	Candidates Elected to Assembly	Not Elected
	British National Party		David John Hill, Peter Hart, Ken Fredrick Alfred Francis, Michael Patrick Davidson, Paul Charles Colin Ferguson, Frank Patrician Walsh
	Campaign Against Tube Privatization		Patrick William Sikorski, Oliver Edgley New, Catherine Effer, Robert Alan Law, Pamela Leah Slinger, Enoh Itejere, Brian Munro, Arwyn Huw Thomas, Lewis Peacock, Graham Michael Campbell, David Lyons
	Christian Peoples Alliance		Balram Gidoomal, David Bruno Campanale, Susan Jane May, Andrew Kenneth Farmer, Ellen Sheila Greco, Deepak Mahtani, Nigel John Graydon Poole, Mrs. Phillipa Jane Berry, Stuart Charles MacPherson, Timothy John Conisbee Ward, Peter Hartley Wolstenholme
	Communist Party of Britain		Nicholas B. Wright, Sandra Elizabeth Lusk, James Beavis, Monty Goldman, Salvador Urdiales Antelo, Anita E. Halpin, Anita Wright, Kevin Halpin, Richard Maybin
	Conservative Party	Eric Ollerenshaw	Syed Kamall, Rhodri Harris, Roger Evans, Tony Arbour, Andrew Pelling, Irene Kimm, Elizabeth Howlett, Lurline Champagnie, Richard Barnes, Victoria Borwick, Bernard Arthur Ronald Gentry, Michael John Flynn, Patti Boulaye, Robert John Blackman, Peter James Forrest, Diane Patula Henry, Robert John Moreland, Henry Armstrong Allen Stokes, Piers Andrew Charles Wauchope, David Tyrie Williams, Cheryl Potter
	Green Party of England and Wales	Darren Johnson Victor Anderson Jennifer Jones	Noel Lynch, Shane Barbor Collins, Hilary Jago, Ashley Gunstock, John Robert Street, Jayne Forbes, Simone Florence Aspis, Catherine Mukhopadhyay
	Independent Peter Tatchell		Peter Tatchell
	Labour Party	Trevor Phillips Samantha Heath David Lammy	Jennette Arnold, Joseph Paul Docherty, Diana Johnson, Abdul Asad, Pamela Wharfe, Katherine Harriet Thorne, Navin Fakirchand Shah
	Liberal Democrats Against the Tube Sell-Off	Sally Hamwee Graham Tope Lynne Featherstone Louise Bloom	Michael Tuffrey, Geoffrey Pope, Meher Khan, Duncan Keith Borrowman, Christopher David Noyce, Monroe Palmer, Meral Hussein Ece
	London Socialist Alliance		Paul Foot, Gregory Simon Tucker, Janine Sandra Booth, Christine Blower, Theresa Cordelia Bennett, Anne Gerardine Murphy, Katherine Louise Ford, Tobias Abse, Jean Kysow, George Thomas Taylor, Mark Steel
	Natural Law Party		Richard Peter Johnson, Judith Muriel Thomas, Alexander Maurice Alers Hankey, Gerard Joseph Valente, Jean Livesley, Juliette Taylor-Elwes, Jonathan Robert Hinde, Michael Leslie Mears
	PRO-MaSS (PRO-Motorist, Small Shop)		Geoffrey Maurice Ben-Nathan, Brian Bartle, Russell Stephen Conway, Joseph Pronckus
	Socialist Labour Party		Arthur Scargill, Amanda May Rose, Harpal Brar, Margaret Mary Sharkey, Hardev Singh Dhillon, Nicola Jane Hoarau, Geoff Palmer, Novjot Brar, Robert John Siggins, Eloisa Joan Rule, John David Hayball
	United Kingdom Independence Party		Damian Hockney, Christopher Pratt, Anthony Christopher John Neree Van Der Elst, Anthony John Edward Scholefield, Gregory Slysz, John de Roeck, Robert Michael Bryant, Gerald Roberts, James Rosewall Feisenberger, Mark Daniel Lester, Penelope Stella Weald

London Assembly Representation

• Labour - 9
• Conservative - 9
• Liberal Democrat - 4
• Green Party - 3

Party Leaders in 2000

• Labour - Tony Blair
• Conservative - William Hague
• Liberal Democrat - Charles Kennedy
• Green Party - Darren Johnson

See also

• London Assembly

External links

• BBC: Greater London Assembly Election, 2000
• MayorWatch London Elections Guide